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Is Facebook Hoping To Gain More Influence In Asia With Stickers?

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:08:31 +0000

If you looked at Facebook’s introduction of stickers for messaging (snuck into the latest iOS update) and wondered why they’re on your phone, you’re probably not the target demographic. Stickers, which are essentially supersized emoticons, have been a popular feature in Asian messaging applications such as Line and KakaoTalk. Not only do people use stickers, they pay for them. Stickers have been a major revenue source for Line, and it appears that Facebook may try to enter that market.

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U.S., Indonesia, Japan Lose Users As Facebook Sweeps Fake Profiles

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:24:07 +0000

As Facebook mentioned in its 10-K filing, the site still has a serious problem with fake profiles, used to bolster shady pages’ fan metrics. It appears that the social network did some cleaning up in January, as several countries (notably the U.S. and Indonesia) lost a great number of users last month, according to Quintly. All around the world, more than 4 million users’ profiles were deleted in January.

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Facebook Changes PayPal Direct Deposit Policy For New Developers In Several Countries

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:00:37 +0000

Since 2010, PayPal has been one of the main methods of payment for Facebook developers. But as Facebook grows, the company is changing its PayPal policies for new developers in emerging markets, such as China, Brazil, and India. According to TechCrunch, developers in several countries must show extra identification as a means of authentication, such as photo IDs or incorporation papers, in order to be paid via direct deposit.

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Vietnam, Brazil Are Among Facebook’s Fastest-Growing Countries

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:13:01 +0000

Facebook is increasingly becoming an international phenomenon, as Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that his goal for the company is to connect the world. While that might take a while, Facebook is rapidly growing in countries such as Brazil, South Korea, and Russia, according to new data from sister company Quintly (formerly AllFacebook Stats).

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INFOGRAPHIC: Facebook On The Rise In Russia, India, Brazil

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:47:21 +0000

As Facebook shoots past 1 billion users, countries all over the world are becoming more plugged in to the social network. People in Brazil, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and India love Facebook, as there has been 41 percent growth in those countries this year, according to a new infographic from BestFreeOnline.

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Younger Users Flock To Facebook Mobile; Android Tops Apple In Worldwide Usage

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:43:44 +0000

It’s well-known that more people are accessing Facebook on mobile devices, and the trend is definitely not lost among the site’s younger users. According to a study from Macquarie Research, 56 percent of users between ages 15 and 25 surveyed said they check Facebook from their phones, up from 24 percent last year. Macquarie feels that this could rise to 70 percent next year.

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Facebook Invests In Asia With Underwater Internet Cable

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:29:22 +0000

Facebook hopes to grow its social media influence in Asia, as the company recently announced that ir invested in the Asia Pacific Gateway — a 6,214-mile underwater internet cable from Malaysia to Japan, with cables branching off to other countries.

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Facebook User Growth Rate Slows In April, But Does It Matter?

David Cohen — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:14:12 +0000

According to the latest figures from comScore, Facebook’s user growth figures for April were down dramatically, with the social network up just 5 percent in unique visitors versus April 2011, following growth rates of 24 percent last year and 89 percent in April 2010.

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A Look At Facebook’s Potential For Growth In Japan, South Korea, China

Julie D. Andrews — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:28:41 +0000

There’s been talk lately about Facebook’s growth potential among international markets. Much of this will depend on if and when the social network determines how to sell things on mobile, and if it can set up a seamless, user-friendly payment platform.

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Facebook Breaches South Korean Privacy Laws

Jackie Cohen — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:57:20 +0000

Facebook doesn’t comply with South Korea’s laws on privacy, a regulator in that nation said today.

The social network needs to make more of an effort to obtain consent from users when requesting personal information, the Korea Communications Commission said.

The KCC filed a formal complaint to Facebook and gave it 30 days to reply, according to the IDG News Service.

IDG said the KCC criticized Facebook’s privacy policy and how the company handles personal information, including sharing that data with third parties.

South Korea appears to have stricter regulations on privacy than the U.S. does. Law requires user consent before said party’s personal information may be collected by a service provider. Apparently, this appears in Article 22 of the country’s Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection.

Facebook is by no means the most popular social network in South Korea, with only 2.3 million users there. Cyworld ranks first, with 18 million users. So has Facebook’s privacy stance slowed adoption in South Korea, and would any effort to comply with the nation’s regulations help turn things around over there?

It’s possible that other barriers to entry may have more of an effect on Facebook’s lesser popularity in South Korea. The social network appears to lag in nations that have non-Roman alphabets. Whether better translation of the content would improve things remains to be seen.

It does seem to be rather interesting timing for the KCC to complain about privacy on Facebook, given that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has recently asked the public for comment on whether to create policy regulating the matter.

What do you make of South Korea’s assertion that Facebook voilates the country’s privacy laws?

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